I was reading on a forum about the upcoming Re-animator blu-ray and someone posted about the R version. This got me thinking, I have never seen the R version. My VHS copy was the unrated version as well as the DVD. Has the R rated version been released on home video? I'm interested in tracking down a copy to see how the extra scenes fit into the film.

I was reading on a forum about the upcoming Re-animator blu-ray and someone posted about the R version. This got me thinking, I have never seen the R version. My VHS copy was the unrated version as well as the DVD. Has the R rated version been released on home video? I'm interested in tracking down a copy to see how the extra scenes fit into the film.

They don't fit into the film, in my opinion; they drag it down. I've never seen the actual R-rated cut, just a composite of the R-rated scenes into the unrated cut.

It's a less effective film in every way. Gore and nude scenes are cut down and there are additional dialogue scenes that change the film's pacing. The cuts hurt most in the most iconic scenes.

I saw the uncut VHS version in high school and then later rented the film from Blockbuster in college. I couldn't believe the difference. Censoring Blockbuster bastards rented me the R-Rated cut. I wasn't aware that they did stuff like that routinely back then.

I think the brief deleted scene where Hill hypnotizes Halsey after dinner could have been left in. The rest of the scenes really do bring the movie to a halt. View the deleted scenes on their own and stick with the unrated cut--which is Stuart Gordon's preferred version of the film.

2 years later, I obtained the R rated VHS via ebay. Just gave it a watch this morning and wow, this changes the movie quite a bit. If I had seen this before the uncut version, I probably would not hold Re-animator in high regards as I do now. The extra scenes really do drag the film down, almost to a crawl at times. It's kind of funny seeing Dr. Hill trying to hypnotize everyone! lol The violence is cut to almost PG-13 levels and the last part of the film in the morgue is butchered so much, there really isn't anything to it!

Definitely an interesting edit to see and just goes to show you how one version is a masterpiece (IMO) and the other makes it sort bland.